Houston Hotdish: Bubble wrap the Wild, please

Here's to Lundin getting healthy by the next game, BTW. *clink* (Though I just saw they reassigned Wellman back to Houston, so that's good news for everybody. Hopefully he'll still be with us this weekend.)

Thursday's game was brutal. They got their butts whooped by the Abbotsford Heat and former Aero/Wild Krys Kolanos. The K-Train got 2 goals and 3 points on the night and ultimately won 5-3, but it wasn't that close. The Heat had the Aeros on their heels from the puck drop.

Then Torchetti got an unsportsmanlike conduct call himself, which he was pretty livid about, saying he's never seen two in a row like that in 27 years of being in the game. He added that there was no profanity, so he really didn't understand the call. 

Here we go with some Torchetti goodness:

Chronicle: That was a good result. Are you happy with it?

Chronicle: So, some guys are playing sick?

Hockey Wilderness: So what are you seeing that they're not doing right?

Then we got Drew Bagnall, who had a goal (#5 in his career) and an assist on the night, which counts as an offensive explosion for the steady, stay at home d-man:

Chronicle: Two points in one game for the first time in an Aeros uniform?

Chronicle: A big win, the last two games were tough scoreboard-wise, you knew you could take advantage of them being a little tired and get the 2 points.

Chronicle: You've played 15 games and are getting close to the quarter point. If you look at the team, is it just tightening up defense. Is that the main focus at this point?